A snide remark about one of my recommendations raises an important point about any recommendation you find online: there are many opportunities for abuse.

OneDrive is a free, useful service. Learn the basics here.

Your Windows log-in password gets you surprisingly little real security. I'll look at why that is, why you might still want one, and what I do instead.

BitLocker is a fine approach to encrypting hard drives, especially the system drive. It's easy to turn off BitLocker if you decide you no longer need it.

Web servers get your IP address when you visit. Whether or not that or other information can be used to identify you, specifically, depends on a lot of things.

Most Wi-Fi access points and routers easily let you block someone from using your Wi-Fi. I'll cover the simple steps.

Regardless of your initial thoughts, every account is important, and we are all targets.

Windows File Explorer tries to help by hiding some information. Unfortunately, that opens a hole hackers can use to fool you.

Many sites lack a search facility. Fortunately, it's easy to do it yourself using a search engine like Google. Even when sites provide their own, this do-it-yourself solution may give you better results.

A full scan scans things a more common "quick scan" bypasses. Here's how to run one using Windows Security.